theatrical role

Questions about theatrical role

What does theatrical role mean?

theatrical role means "an actor's portrayal of someone in a play".

What is another word for theatrical role?

Close synonyms include character, role, part, persona. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theatrical role a common word?

theatrical role is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.